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Probably from crossbar + -ie. Susie Dent suggests an origin from croggan, a limpet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Probably from crossbar + -ie. Susie Dent suggests an origin from croggan, a limpet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.